Clinical Information System: Advantages, Role of Telehealth, Future Implementation and Evidence-based Analysis

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Introduction
Clinical information system refers to the large amount of data that is computerized
and managed by the database for the processing of patient data so that the healthcare systems
can support the patient care (Faden et al., 2013). The system is widely used by the healthcare
personnel so that they can access the patient data in a more organized manner that will help
them to plan, evaluate and implement the required changes. Clinical information system
addresses area such as the training, research, electronic medical records (EMRs) or the
decision of the clinical personnel (Dorsey & Topol, 2016). The use of the clinical information
system also provides with certain benefits such as the ease of accessing the data, acquiring
more structure information and along with that it helps to provide drug in a much more
structured manner. It also emphasizes on the safety of the patients as it promotes appropriate
and adequate use of the pharmaceutics and also imposes certain regulations on the dosing of
drugs (Sittig & Singh, 2015).
Discussion
Positive Impact of CIS
There are a number of advantages of using CIS in the healthcare system that helps in
the better administration of the matters related to patients and patient care. The proper
management of the patient and their data is a juggling task for the doctors as well as the other
hospital staff and thus CIS helps to reduce the burden by organizing the workloads as the
system draws all the necessary patient information to an electronic platform which can be
seen by the clinicians at the bedside of a patient (Bentley et al., 2014). The other benefits of
the system are he improved communication between the health personnel and the patient as
the ease of access of information that contains all the past patient records and details help to
ease the communication among the patient and the doctors. It also provides the doctors with

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the necessary information that is needed to make any kind of decision that will improve the
health of the patient by creating an impact on the diagnosis process of the patient (Mars &
Scott, 2017). As the entire system is electronic it makes it easier for the patient to get all the
scans and x-rays when they are needed by either the patients or the doctors. It also
encourages to get the better quality of reports and scans that makes the analysis of the patient
condition much better. It also allows the better clinical research. CIS systems are available at
the intensive care unit that allows the doctors to make the right decisions at the right time and
the continuous monitoring of the critical patients also generate a large amount of data
(Gilman & Stensland, 2013).
Role of telehealth
Telehealth refers to the use of digital information along with the communication
technologies that give better access to the healthcare services even at the remote areas. It
involves the use of mobile devices and computers that can manage our health even if the
patient is at their house (Van Dyk, 2014). These technologies can be used at home or by the
doctors itself in order to provide support or improve the healthcare services. It is a non-
conventional way of providing the healthcare services that differ from the traditional ways. It
is the most basic form of e-health as it only requires access to telecommunications.
The pros of using telehealth involves the fact that the well-structured telehealth
scheme can cause the improvement of the healthcare access and the patient outcome
specifically for the patients who are suffering from chronic diseases and also for the patients
who belong to the vulnerable groups. They help to reduce the demands on the already over
crowed facilities at the hospitals and clinics and also makes them affordable to a larger
section of people (Tuckson, Edmunds & Hodgkins, 2017).